Linda Koch Explained

Linda Koch is a German-French geneticist, and the chief editor of academic journal Nature Reviews Genetics.

She is a specialist in mouse genetics.

Education

Koch has a PhD in genetics from the University of Cologne.^[1]

Career

She undertook postdoctoral research investigating a knockout mouse model of the fat mass and obesity-associated protein.

In 2009, she joined Nature Reviews Endocrinology initially as an associate editor, then as a senior editor, before becoming the locum chief editor. She was appointed as chief editor of Nature Reviews Genetics in 2014.

Selected publications

• Fischer . Julia . Koch . Linda . Emmerling . Christian . Vierkotten . Jeanette . Peters . Thomas . Brüning . Jens C. . Rüther . Ulrich . 2009 . Inactivation of the Fto gene protects from obesity . Nature . en . 458 . 7240 . 894–898 . 10.1038/nature07848 . 19234441 . 2009Natur.458..894F . 391105 . 1476-4687. ^[2]
• Hess . Martin E. . Hess . Simon . Meyer . Kate D. . Verhagen . Linda A. W. . Koch . Linda . Brönneke . Hella S. . Dietrich . Marcelo O. . Jordan . Sabine D. . Saletore . Yogesh . Elemento . Olivier . Belgardt . Bengt F. . 2013 . The fat mass and obesity associated gene (Fto) regulates activity of the dopaminergic midbrain circuitry . Nature Neuroscience . en . 16 . 8 . 1042–1048 . 10.1038/nn.3449 . 23817550 . 11452560 . 1546-1726. ^[3]

Personal life

She lives in Ramsgate, England.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: About the Editors Nature Reviews Genetics . 2022-04-03 . www.nature.com . en.
2. Meyer . Kate D. . Saletore . Yogesh . Zumbo . Paul . Elemento . Olivier . Mason . Christopher E. . Jaffrey . Samie R. . 2012-06-22 . Comprehensive Analysis of mRNA Methylation Reveals Enrichment in 3′ UTRs and near Stop Codons . Cell . en . 149 . 7 . 1635–1646 . 10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.003 . 22608085 . 3383396 . 0092-8674.
3. Blüher . Matthias . 2019 . Obesity: global epidemiology and pathogenesis . Nature Reviews Endocrinology . en . 15 . 5 . 288–298 . 10.1038/s41574-019-0176-8 . 30814686 . 71146382 . 1759-5037.
4. Web site: Welle (www.dw.com) . Deutsche . Germans in UK navigate difficult plans amid further Brexit uncertainty DW 09.11.2020 . 2022-04-03 . DW.COM . en-GB.